Baykeeper has successfully settled lawsuits to fix polluting sewage systems in ten cities around the Bay. In the East Bay, Baykeeper and the EPA reached an agreement that requires Oakland, Emeryville, Berkeley, Piedmont, Alameda, Albany, and the sanitary district for Kensington, El Cerrito and the Richmond Annex to protect the Bay from rainy season overflows of millions of gallons of partially treated sewage.

And last week we settled our lawsuit against South San Francisco over sewage spills to the Bay watershed, requiring improvements to the City's sewage spill rate over the next five years and securing $150,000 in funding for projects to repair the health of the watershed.

Many more cities in the Bay Area face problems with crumbling sewer infrastructures – more than 10 million gallons of untreated sewage have been released to Bay waterways from spills and system failures around the region this year.

Join us for a pop-up marketplace to taste and purchase artisan wines by leading local wineries, generously donated for sale at discounted prices. All sales benefit Baykeeper's work to protect the water quality and wildlife of San Francisco Bay.

Baykeeper and the San Francisco Estuary Institute recently conducted a plastic monitoring expedition in the first ever attempt to quantify the amount of micro-plastic trash pieces in the Bay. Micro-plastics are smaller than 5 millimeters and are a growing area of concern for the health of the Bay.

Baykeeper is partnering with the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC) to fight the invasion of the Asian kelp Undaria pinnatifida, which has spread throughout marinas in San Francisco Bay. Volunteers are needed to assist with removals of the kelp from local marinas. The Smithsonian would also like boaters to keep an eye out for this invader at their local marinas and report suspected sightings.